What to use instead of Contentful

Prismic is the cheapest verified alternative to Contentful: Prismic Starter costs $120 a year against the $3,600 Contentful Lite costs, so $3,480 stays in your account. 5 options below, ranked by yearly cost, each with its own verified cancellation guide.

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Contentful Contentful Lite

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$300 / month

$3,600 a year

Cancellation

Easy

≈ 2 minutes · Web

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Verified alternatives to Contentful

5 verified · checked 13 Aug 2026

Ranked by yearly cost, cheapest first. Each one links to our own verified guide, so you can see how hard it is to leave later.

Biggest saving prismic.io

Prismic Prismic Starter plan $10 / month, billed annually

$3,480 stays with you
every year

$3,600 $120 a year

$120 you pay $3,480 you keep

Cancels in about 3 minutes Free plan to fall back on

Switch to Prismic Or read our Prismic guide

Cheaper than Contentful sanity.io

Sanity Sanity Growth plan $15 / seat / month

$3,420 stays with you
every year

$3,600 $180 a year

$180 you pay $3,420 you keep

Why this one - Flexible hosted content platform

Much lower entry price Free plan Immediate downgrade with prorated refund Seat-based pricing

Switch to Sanity Or read our Sanity guide

Cheaper than Contentful strapi.io

Strapi Cloud Strapi Cloud Starter plan $29 / month, annual

$3,252 stays with you
every year

$3,600 $348 a year

$348 you pay $3,252 you keep

Why this one - Managed open-source CMS

Open-source CMS Managed hosting Self-hosting path Project deletion is permanent

Switch to Strapi Cloud Or read our Strapi Cloud guide

Cheaper than Contentful storyblok.com

Storyblok Storyblok Growth plan $99 / month

$2,511 stays with you
every year

$3,600 $1,089 a year

$1,089 you pay $2,511 you keep

Cancels in about 2 minutes Free plan to fall back on Rated Easy to cancel

Switch to Storyblok Or read our Storyblok guide

Cheaper than Contentful directus.com

Directus Cloud Cloud hosting add-on plan $99 / month

$2,412 stays with you
every year

$3,600 $1,188 a year

$1,188 you pay $2,412 you keep

Why this one - Managed data and content platform

Open-source Core Works with SQL databases Managed hosting option No free managed Cloud tier

Switch to Directus Cloud Or read our Directus Cloud guide

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Prices from the provider Read off the public pricing page in USD and converted to a full year, so every card compares the same twelve months.

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